Overwhelmed by racial injustice? Outraged by the news? Find yourself asking, What can I doooooo?DO THE WORK!

Revelatory and thought-provoking, this highly illustrated, highly informative interactive workbook gives readers a unique, hands-on understanding of systemic racismand how we can dismantle it.
Packed with activities, games, illustrations, comics, and eye-opening conversation,Do the Work! Challenges readers to think critically and act effectively. Try the Separate but Not Equal crossword puzzle. Play Bootstrapping, the Game to understand the myth of meritocracy. Test your knowledge of racist laws by playing Jim Crow or Jim Faux?

Have hard conversations with your people (scripts and talking points included). Be open to new ideas and diversify your feed with a scavenger hunt. Team up with an accountability partner and find hundreds of ideas, resources, and opportunities toDO THE WORK!

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W. Kamau Bell is a dad, husband, and comedian. He directed and executive-produced the four-part Showtime documentaryWe Need To Talk About Cosby, which premiered at Sundance. He famously met with the KKK on his Emmy-Award-winning CNN docu-seriesUnited Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell, where he serves as host and executive producer. He has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Conan, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, CBS Mornings, MSNBCs Morning Joe, Comedy Central, HBO, Fresh Air with Terry Gross, WTF with Marc Maron, The Breakfast Club, and This American Life. He has two stand-up comedy specials,Private School Negro(Netflix) andSemi-Prominent Negro(Showtime). Kamaus writing has been featured inTime,The New York Times, Vanity Fair, The Hollywood Reporter,CNN.com, Salon, andThe LA Review of Books. Kamaus first book has an easy-to-remember title,The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6′ 4″, African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama’s Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian. He is the ACLU Artist Ambassador for Racial Justice and serves on the board of directors of Donors Choose and the advisory board of Hollaback!

Kate Schatz is theNew York Timesbestselling author ofRad American Women A-Z, Rad Women Worldwide, Rad Girls Can, Rad American History A-Z, and the illustrated journalMy Rad Life. Shes a writer, public speaker, educator, and left-handed vegetarian Bay Area-born-and-bred queer feminist activist mama. Kate is also a political organizer and frequent public speaker. Shes the co-founder of Solidarity Sundays, a nationwide network of over 200 feminist activist groups. She founded the organization in January 2016 with a friend and began by holding a series of monthly activist house parties aimed at showing women how to take meaningful, coordinated political action. After the 2016 election, the group grew from one chapter with 50 members to more than 200 chapters with 20,000+ members. As an educator, Kate has worked with a wide range of age groups for over 15 years. She taught Womens Studies, Literature, and Creative Writing at UC Santa Cruz, San Jose State, Rhode Island College, and Brown University. And she is the former Chair of the School of Literary Arts at Oakland School for the Arts, where she taught fiction, poetry, and journalism to 9th-12th graders for many years. Kate received her MFA in Fiction from Brown University, and a double BA in Womens Studies/Creative Writing from UC Santa Cruz. She lives with her family on the island of Alameda.

• Publisher:Workman Publishing Company (July 19, 2022)
• Language:English
• Paperback:176 pages
• ISBN-10:1523514280
• ISBN-13:9781523514281
• Item Weight:1.11 pounds